bim Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have the one in the OP photo with a blue light. As mossies like dark places it only attracts flies. Usless for mossies. If anyone has any other suggestions I would be all ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have the one in the OP photo with a blue light. As mossies like dark places it only attracts flies. Usless for mossies. If anyone has any other suggestions I would be all ears. My suggestion is: Buy new glasses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BADDAT Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Yes they work. No need to reinvent the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Yes they work. No need to reinvent the wheel.ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1456916508.552574.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1456916527.489946.jpg Do you dip them in egg before frying or just straight into the oil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I sealed the house up air tight and only have outside lights on with a pir sensor as many Thais have a light on outside their houses all night in some attempt to deter burglars but attract every insect for miles around which then attracts the next pest ... forever crapping jing joks........i get neither and any that do get on the walls get whacked and dispatched, Id rather not have to repaint the house. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BADDAT Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yes they work. No need to reinvent the wheel.ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1456916508.552574.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect1456916527.489946.jpgDo you dip them in egg before frying or just straight into the oil ?are you high? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I tried the yeast/sugar trap and trapped plenty of mosquitoes. BUT that thing smells like brewery and attracts a lot of mosquitoes that do not find their way into the trap so the overall mosquito population rises. Strictly for outdoor use only! Next problem, it works only until the sugar has been consumed by the yeast or the yeast died in the alcohol it produced. Whichever way around, after a couple of days this setup loses its mojo. In the last couple of days we had a significant increase in mosquitoes without anything changed in our environment - other than the weather getting hotter. I just finished off well over 100 buggers with the zapper in bedroom and bathroom. Only in the bathtub I counted over 50 of them! Cannot remember having had it that bad before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyjim5 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Trapping/zapping mosquitoes is not the answer. Reducing the population of mosquitoes is. Most mosquitoes have a limited flight range and breed locally. Cleaning up the local environment, eliminating all stagnant water will reduce the population. We also have two small fish ponds, one at the front and one at the rear of the house and are rarely bothered with mosquitoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Trapping/zapping mosquitoes is not the answer. Reducing the population of mosquitoes is. Most mosquitoes have a limited flight range and breed locally. Cleaning up the local environment, eliminating all stagnant water will reduce the population. We also have two small fish ponds, one at the front and one at the rear of the house and are rarely bothered with mosquitoes. The problem is everywhere in Thailand, especially Bangkok, are drainage canals...stagnant water that just screams mosquito breeding haven. They can treat this water but they do not because there are other downsides of chemical use. Spraying is the best option for many places where breeding pools (rice fields), drainage canals and ditches are a necessary part of the landscape. But Thailand does not spray a whole lot...I have never seen spraying in BKK, back home in NE USA all summer at regular intervals the trucks would be at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I looked all over the perimeter today, no standing water anywhere. The vase in the living room gets the water changed every day. All toilets, showers etc get flushed every day. The maid said it would be the waste land behind the house where they come from. Looks like we're doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Update ... A couple of days later and without having really changed anything it looks like the spook is over. Just a couple of mosquitoes here and there. No explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I was in a resort in Khao yai, surrounded with a nice green garden, river, ponds and there were NO mosquito's at all. How is it posibble? It also was not on the top of a high mountain or so but close to that main road with all the restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fey Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 why dont you get the blue light zapper. you can use them indoor and outdoors. much better then traps or nasty chemicals. (if you can find one, again the knuckleheads in this country just dont get it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonray Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I was in a resort in Khao yai, surrounded with a nice green garden, river, ponds and there were NO mosquito's at all. How is it posibble? It also was not on the top of a high mountain or so but close to that main road with all the restaurants. better living thru chemicals ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeba7 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 An urn full of water and little fish in the yard will help keep the population down. The mossies lay their eggs in the water and the fish eat the larvae. Yes, I see these urns outside allover. Where do the fish come from and could I set this up in a semi closed area? What would I need to provide for the fish and how long do they live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 An urn full of water and little fish in the yard will help keep the population down. The mossies lay their eggs in the water and the fish eat the larvae. Yes, I see these urns outside allover. Where do the fish come from and could I set this up in a semi closed area? What would I need to provide for the fish and how long do they live? the urns might work if they are the only water source around , but if there are old tires or buckets around I doubt if the mosquitoes pick one place over the other , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jing Joe Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) Have just revisited this article hoping to find someone with really good answers. I made the "sock" project with mozzie net over the fan front and installed blue and white LEDS on the input side of the fan Got lots of insects and moths but not one mozzie. Now have some very bright green LEDS to try. Apparently different varieties of mozzies are attracted to different coloured lights. Suggestions on this aspect of the project please? BTW saw a documentary on the effect of Zikka virus on Brazilian babies. How utterly devastating, how sad. Edited March 27, 2016 by Jing Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Jing Joe , any source of CO2 you can add ? and an off ball idea , do all animals put out the CO2 that the mozzies are attracted to ? If so can you use you fan idea near a dog house that would attract the mosquitoes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnatong Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Mossy populations can only be reduced by cleaning up the environment. Eliminate stagnant water and the problem is solved. Aedes Mosquitoes have a flight rang of approx 90m so clean up and be free of mosquitoes ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMac Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The only thing that really works is that liquid with the heater you plug into a socket. Occasionally also one finds their way into the ultraviolet trap, but that's rare. Anything ultrasonic will not work, mosquitoes can't hear. Other than that these burning spirals do work too, but that's not something you want in your bedroom. Also, look out for any standing water, there is larvae poison in small green/white/blue bags, the locals call it "sand", looks like sand. Put it in any place where water could sit for a couple of days. Will get rid of the beasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKKdreaming Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nice to say keep it clean 100 meters around you , but that is a HUGE area , and probably you do not own all that property , it really needs to a community thing , Every night on TV showing what to do , cartoons showing what to do , billboards etc , it really needs to be a war on mosquitoes , a war you never win because when you slack off they come back , They did this "war" years ago in Brazil and most of the mosquitoes in that area were gone......but since they were gone no one kept up the work since they had "WON" .....well you see what happened ,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnatong Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nice to say keep it clean 100 meters around you , but that is a HUGE area , and probably you do not own all that property , it really needs to a community thing , Every night on TV showing what to do , cartoons showing what to do , billboards etc , it really needs to be a war on mosquitoes , a war you never win because when you slack off they come back , They did this "war" years ago in Brazil and most of the mosquitoes in that area were gone......but since they were gone no one kept up the work since they had "WON" .....well you see what happened ,,,,,,, One can never win when faced with human stupidity ! The answer to the problem is known -----it takes no real effort to implement and maintain the solution but if people are just to idle to be bothered they and their children will suffer --------reflect the "blame" back to those responsible for failing to clean up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdog 702 inches Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) step one achieved. got some yeast. this has taken me weeks of intermittent looking. step 2 sugar. i hate this stuff and the thought of having it in my possession is distasteful. think i will pilfer some from a place which has in on the table rather than buy a bag which i will have to hold. Edited April 15, 2016 by fatdog 702 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick dasterdly Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I've come to the conclusion that there is no way to stop mossies. The mossie traps worked, but still lots of mossies around so I got fed up with cleaning out the trap. The coils also work to drive them away - but often they're not practical for different reasons, mainly to do with noxious fumes. My house is pretty isolated and the only source of water (apart from the sea) are my ponds and aquariums - obviously all have fish in them - and yet mossies are still a problem. I even used the services of mossie/ant exterminators for a couple of years (they come round monthly and spray everywhere) - but that didn't get rid of the mossies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatdog 702 inches Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) I've come to the conclusion that there is no way to stop mossies. The mossie traps worked, but still lots of mossies around so I got fed up with cleaning out the trap. The coils also work to drive them away - but often they're not practical for different reasons, mainly to do with noxious fumes. My house is pretty isolated and the only source of water (apart from the sea) are my ponds and aquariums - obviously all have fish in them - and yet mossies are still a problem. I even used the services of mossie/ant exterminators for a couple of years (they come round monthly and spray everywhere) - but that didn't get rid of the mossies. not actually true. i had a way which was so effective that a close relative destroyed it claiming the the gekkos were screaming too much because they had nothing to eat. no not going to tell you. wasnt instant, took sometime to clear the area. Edited April 15, 2016 by fatdog 702 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buythisdashcam Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 When you are outdoor what works is to have fans all around the area, for example when you have 4 or 6 fans around a dining table it's hard to find any mosquito. It's so easy to avoid mosquitoes that I wonder why people keep complaining that it's not easy to eat outdoor. What must be difficult is to be them and never be able to have a single idea to find a single solution to a single problem :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thian Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 When you are outdoor what works is to have fans all around the area, for example when you have 4 or 6 fans around a dining table it's hard to find any mosquito. It's so easy to avoid mosquitoes that I wonder why people keep complaining that it's not easy to eat outdoor. What must be difficult is to be them and never be able to have a single idea to find a single solution to a single problem :-) We have 2 fans above us and 1 at the floor when we eat outside but still get stung sometimes. Fans on the floor also work well but can't find a waterproof one. When we had a small pond with waterfalls there were far more mosquito's around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnatong Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 When you are outdoor what works is to have fans all around the area, for example when you have 4 or 6 fans around a dining table it's hard to find any mosquito. It's so easy to avoid mosquitoes that I wonder why people keep complaining that it's not easy to eat outdoor. What must be difficult is to be them and never be able to have a single idea to find a single solution to a single problem :-) We have 2 fans above us and 1 at the floor when we eat outside but still get stung sometimes. Fans on the floor also work well but can't find a waterproof one. When we had a small pond with waterfalls there were far more mosquito's around the house. You should have put fish in the pond ! We have a pond, fish and no mosquitoes .............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buythisdashcam Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Useless. You need to have fans all around the table, I mean at least 4, and if it is always windy around your legs mosquitoes won't come close. When you are outdoor what works is to have fans all around the area, for example when you have 4 or 6 fans around a dining table it's hard to find any mosquito. It's so easy to avoid mosquitoes that I wonder why people keep complaining that it's not easy to eat outdoor. What must be difficult is to be them and never be able to have a single idea to find a single solution to a single problem :-) We have 2 fans above us and 1 at the floor when we eat outside but still get stung sometimes. Fans on the floor also work well but can't find a waterproof one. When we had a small pond with waterfalls there were far more mosquito's around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeybottom Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 With regards to the mosquito traps and what bait to use, found nice article on auntie beeb about mossie traps http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160422-battling-the-zika-virus-one-old-tyre-at-a-time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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